Johan Goosen at fullback as Bulls name team to tackle Sharks

Bulls director of rugby Jake White has named his team for Sunday's URC clash against the Sharks in Pretoria.

White has made a few changes to the team that fired late to beat Benetton 44-22 in Italy last weekend.

Johan Goosen starts at fullback in place of Kurt-Lee Arendse, who was called up to the Springbok squad for their year-end tour. Goosen had missed the Benetton game due to concussion protocols.

Cornal Hendricks replaces Stedman Gans at outside centre, while Sbu Nkosi comes in for Wandisile Simelane on the left wing.

Zak Burger also starts ahead of Embrose Papier at scrumhalf.

Up front, WJ Steenkamp takes the No 8 jersey from Bok call-up Elrigh Louw, while Walt Steenkamp starts at lock in place of Janko Swanepoel.

The front row is unchanged, with Francois Klopper and Gerhard Steenekamp the props and Bismarck du Plessis the hooker.

Sunday's clash at Loftus Versfeld, which will be used to raise awareness and funding for cancer research, kicks off at 15:00.

Teams:

Bulls

15 Johan Goosen, 14 David Kriel, 13 Cornal Hendricks, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Sbu Nkosi, 10 Chris Smith, 9 Zak Burger, 8 WJ Steenkamp 7 Marco van Staden, 6 Marcell Coetzee (captain), 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Walt Steenkamp, 3 Francois Klopper, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp

Substitutes: 16 Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 17 Simphiwe Matanzima, 18 Mornay Smith, 19 Janko Swanepoel, 20 Ruan Vermaak, 21 Embrose Papier, 22 Stravino Jacobs, 23 Wandisile Simelane

Sharks

15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Werner Kok, 13 Francois Venter, 12 Ben Tapuai, 11 Thaakir Abrahams, 10 Boeta Chamberlain, 9 Cameron Wright, 8 Phepsi Buthelezi, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 Dylan Richardson, 5 Hyron Andrews, 4 Gerbrandt Grobler, 3 Thomas du Toit (captain), 2 Kerron van Vuuren, 1 Ntuthuko Mchunu

Substitutes: 16 Dan